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Tertullian Knows of a Canon of Twelve Minor Prophets

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:59 pm
by Secret Alias
Tertullian knows that the Twelve minor prophets are bound as a canon:
So one of the twelve (minor prophets), Nahum: "For behold upon the mountain the swift feet of Him that bringeth glad tidings of peace." (AM 4.13.2]
Apparently the terminology is as old as Ecclesiasticus 49:10.